Table 6.
Summary Data for Overall Accessing of Laboratory Tests
| Number of Inpatient Diagnostic Tests | Active Patient Portal Account but Report Not Viewed | Inactive Patient Portal Account | Report Viewed | Viewed vs Not Viewed Significance1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 782410 | 29.9% | 63.5% | 6.5% | N/A |
| Female | 348386 | 31.1% | 61.0% | 7.8% | p < 0.0001 |
| Male | 434024 | 29.0% | 65.5% | 5.5% | |
| No outpatient diagnostic tests in 2018 | 163082 | 18.9% | 77.3% | 3.7% | p < 0.0001 |
| Outpatient diagnostic tests in 2018 | 619328 | 32.8% | 59.9% | 7.3% | |
| First or initial admission in 2018 | 553081 | 28.5% | 65.7% | 5.8% | p < 0.0001 |
| Second or later admissions in 2018 | 229329 | 33.5% | 58.2% | 8.3% | |
| Only labs tests in 2018 | 266471 | 30.6% | 61.5% | 7.9% | p < 0.0001 |
| Both lab and imaging tests in 2018 | 515939 | 29.6% | 64.6% | 5.8% | |
| Primary language not English | 21175 | 14.7% | 81.8% | 3.5% | p < 0.0001 |
| Primary language English | 761235 | 30.4% | 63.0% | 6.6% | |
| Public insurance/Uninsured | 532545 | 25.2% | 70.3% | 4.5% | p < 0.0001 |
| Commercial insurance | 249865 | 40.0% | 49.2% | 10.8% | |
| Self-declared race not White | 93913 | 20.2% | 75.5% | 4.3% | p < 0.0001 |
| Self-declared race White | 688497 | 31.3% | 61.9% | 6.8% | |
| No legal proxy for patient | 771100 | 29.7% | 63.9% | 6.4% | p < 0.0001 |
| Legal proxy for patient | 11310 | 46.7% | 36.1% | 17.3% |
1
Chi square 2 × 2 with Yates’ correction for number of patients with viewed at least one report from diagnostic testing compared to number of patients who did not view any reports.